Take a moment, reader. I know there’s a lot to unpack here – how dare Matt Groenig create a cartoon society heavily using two primary colors! Shame on him! While this theory has yet to be formally confirmed, several sites have speculated the cursed color combo catalyzed the cinematic cancellation – while The World cited the nation’s penchant for superstition as the rationale behind the color ban, Comic Book Review reported the hues were forbidden due to their association with the National League of Democracy party, which is represented by a red and yellow flag.
Shrek 2
When a Hebrew version of Shrek 2 was banned in Israel, unlike Christopher Robin and The Simpsons Movie, geopolitical factors were not at play. Instead, the controversy surrounding the flick seemingly stemmed from one really PO-ed singer who wasn’t too happy after the local dub included a joke implying that his falsetto range meant he had been castrated, according to the LA Times.
Yep, shortly after its 2004 release, contralto singer/former Eurovision contestant David Daor took Shrek 2‘s filmmakers to court over a quip in which a character says “Let’s do a David Daor on him” in the context of erm, snipping away certain body parts, after his daughter said she was bullied about the comment by her classmates.
“This film intends to present me, in perpetuity, as a eunuch,” he said, per The Guardian.
Although Shrek 2 filmmakers reportedly argued that the joke was fair game claiming the artist had made fun of himself about his voice, Daor ultimately won an injunction against the film being shown in his country, leading to the dialogue being changed. In other words, he successfully took after our favorite ogre himself, getting the DreamWorks team out of his swamp. Nice.
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